H (m) 
vtnhfrg is preferred before all- others, that arc made of Salt 
Spring?, 
i Some Obfervatjons of [warms of ft range InfeSis-) 
mid the M'iJ chiefs done by them. 
A great Obferver, who. hath lived long in New England^ 
did upon occaftqp, relate to a Friend of his in LofdoM ,wh§re 
he lately was, That fomefew Years Once there was fucha 
fwarm of a certain fort of Infers in that Englifi Colony,, 
that For the fpace of 200 Miles they poyfon’d and deftroyeef 
all the Trees of that Country ? there being found innume- 
rable little holes in the grounds out of which thofe Infers 
broke forth in the form of Maggot s 3 which turned into Fifes 
that had a kind of taile or Ring, which they (truck into the 
Tree? and thereby envenomed and killed ft. 
The like Plague is fa id to happen frequently in the Coun- 
try of the Gofach or Vkranr 3 where in dry Summers they are 
infefted with fuch fwarms of Locujh y driven thither by an 
iP'dfti or South-Eaft Wind, that they darken the Air in the 
faireft weather, and devour all the Corn of that Country ? 
laying their Eggs in ^litumn^nd then dying s but the Eggs, 
of which every one layeth two or three hundred, hatching 
the next Spring, produce again fucha number of Locufts, 
that then they do far more mifehief than afore, unLefs Rains 
do fall, which kill both Eggs and the Infers themfelves, or 
unlefs a ffrong Nm/!> or North , Weft Wind ari r e, vvhich drives 
them into the Euxe n- Sea i The Hogs of that Country loving 
thefe Eggs* devouralfo great quantities of them, and there- 
by help to pmge the Land of them ? which is often (o mo- 
leftcd by this Vermin?, that they enter into their Houfcs and 
Beds, fall upon their Tables and into their Meat, infomuch 
that they can hardly eat without taking down fomeof them? 
in the Night when they repofethemfelves upon the ground, 
they cover k three or four Inches thick, and if a Wheel pafs 
over 
